Title I Eligibility

There are 4 levels of Title I grants: Basic, Concentration, Targeted
and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG). Each level has
eligibility criteria that the school, Local Educational Agency (LEA)
and/or state must meet in order to qualify for the grant. The Title I
funds are allocated through statutory formulas that are based primarily
on census poverty estimates and the cost of education in each state.

Basic Grant

An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children and;

Poverty children must exceed 2 percent of the LEA's school age
population (ages 5-17).

Concentration Grant

An LEA must have at least 6,500 poverty children or;

Poverty children must be greater than 15 percent of the LEA's
school age population (ages 5-17).

Targeted Grant

An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children and;

Poverty children must be at least 5 percent of the LEA's school
age population (ages 5-17).

Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG)

A state must rank well in comparison to other states in its
effort to provide financial support for education compared to its
relative wealth as measured by its per capita income and;

A state must rank well in comparison to other states in its
degree to which education expenditures among LEAs within the state
are equalized and;

An LEA must have at least 10 poverty children and;

Poverty children must be at least 5 percent of the LEA's school
age population (ages 5-17) and;

An LEA must target the Title I funds schools with the highest
percentages of children from low-income families and;

Schools must focus Title I services on children who are failing,
or most at risk of failing, to meet state academic standards (unless
a school is operating a schoolwide program*).

An LEA also must use Title I funds to provide academic
enrichment services to eligible children enrolled in private
schools.

*Schools in which poverty children make up at least 40 percent of
enrollment are eligible to use Title I funds for schoolwide programs
that serve all children in the school.